MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Love the work you guys are doing with the firmware..

question, in 1.1B .. are some of the modes not there like "intruderchron"?

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Yes,
That's the point of the B version.
DeathChron is pretty big on its own.
So it's kind of a Best Of Mix.
DeathChron, GPS, and RattChron only.
(See the ReadMe)

The mainline version contains all 4 original clocks.
Plus the new TimesSquareChron.

Look at RATT.H
You're free to create a mix of whatever clocks you like.
Just be aware, Code and Data must fit under 32k (to load by USBTiny)
BANNED did a great job on Select-a-Clock...

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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dataman wrote:Yes,
That's the point of the B version.
DeathChron is pretty big on its own.
So it's kind of a Best Of Mix.
DeathChron, GPS, and RattChron only.
(See the ReadMe)

The mainline version contains all 4 original clocks.
Plus the new TimesSquareChron.

Look at RATT.H
You're free to create a mix of whatever clocks you like.
Just be aware, Code and Data must fit under 32k (to load by USBTiny)
BANNED did a great job on Select-a-Clock...
Ok thanks.. I read the readme .. but wasn't sure if i just read it wrong..

yeah the select a clock works well ..

great job everyone.. this really makes the Monochron even better than it was ..

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work on Multichron!

While I was waiting for the Monochron kit to become available again I knew I was going to want to alternate between RATT and Intruder, so it was a hugely pleasant surprise to finish the kit and find that you'd already combined those and more into a single, selectable, project!

Now I get to spend what I am sure will be far too many wine-soaked winter evenings working on a couple of modules for it. The first will probably be to address my fascination with Swatch's still-born "internet time" idea.

I'll be sure to share the code once I have something going ...

Thanks so much again, really appreciated!

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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BANNED wrote:
acksee wrote:I must be doing something wrong. I loaded the 1.0 version and just get a blank screen. When I press the menu switch it shows blocks of dark and light but no text. When I load back the original monochron or intruderchron they seem to be working. Is there something else I need to do besides just loading the .hex with avrdude? Thanks for your help.
You also have to load the .eep file too. The options for avrdude to do this is -U eeprom:w:MultiChron.eep

Not much harder than just flash only.
That's awesome thanks! Works like a charm.

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GITHUB

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Please join on GitHub to contribute to this project.
You can examine our code, clone it, steal it, whatever you like.
Isn't open source grand?

http://github.com/BANNED/monochron

We're going to be putting this project to bed for a little while.
Consider maybe another month or two before another release.
We're looking at the following wish list:

1) Auto Dim Modification - A hardware hack like the Russian Tube Clock.
2) Egg Timer/Stop Watch from External Input
3) DissolveAChron - A Melting Clock

What are you interested in seeing next?

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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I have a question .. for the "intruder aliens" in IntruderChron.. where are you storing the definition for sprites used to draw them..? I looked through the code and it wasn't apparent to me where their image "strings" are defined .. (though I will make a disclaimer I have a terrible cold right now and I probably am just not seeing it smack dab in front of me, also C isn't a "native" language for me, and well NyQuil doesn't help with reading someonelse's code :D .. )

Thanks.. just curious..

edit: I think i found it .. its in eeprom.c ? .. "Triangle Up", "Square Up" .. etc in the "#ifdef INTRUDERCHRON" section?

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Love multichron.

Any chance of putting in a random mode, switching styles randomly every hour or every day? Seems a shame to have all the various clocks, and only to be able to use one at a time.

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Rotzog wrote:Love multichron.

Any chance of putting in a random mode, switching styles randomly every hour or every day? Seems a shame to have all the various clocks, and only to be able to use one at a time.

it's already there.. "cycle" .. switches every 15 mins or so.

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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D'oh!

Thanks!
ericgus wrote:
Rotzog wrote:Love multichron.

Any chance of putting in a random mode, switching styles randomly every hour or every day? Seems a shame to have all the various clocks, and only to be able to use one at a time.

it's already there.. "cycle" .. switches every 15 mins or so.

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Hi, just build my Monochron clock (yes I know it's been out there some while, I just recently found it).

I was just wondering if someone could help me out. I am using multichron 1.0 and that's just fine for me. But I need the output mirrored. So it's in mirror image. Why you ask? I've build a complete miniature cabinet of space invaders (the 1978 cabinet) with working background and moon!!! So for the clock to be properly mounted I need it to be mirrored (the transparent sheet is mirroring it back in the front so it's readable again).

Hope someone is willing and able to help me with this (a complete multichron 1.0 mirrored). As for I have no idea of programming. I just barely made it to upload the multichron 1.0 to my clock.

Thanks in advance, Joris

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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I have been trying to figure out the code myself. I want to include a leading 0 in the the sevenchron 24hr mode single digit hours. I have not figured it out yet but I will keep reading through the code files until I figure it out.

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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(Reposted in correct thread)

Using Adafruit's "Basic GPS Module" PMB-648 with Monochron. Have attached +5, gnd to 7805 pads, Tx (yellow wire) to Pin 2 of uP, tied Rx to +5V. Getting NOLOCK and data stream "BANNED>BANNED" (see photo). Have GPS located in same location (in basement south window) where my iPhone and my AT&T MicroCell both can "see" GPS satelittes and get a fix. Red LED on GPS module is solid.

So what am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any ideas.

Rick
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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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Looked at the data output of the GPS module with the Bus Pirate and it is valid NMEA data. So before I put some printf's in the code, any idea on why the clock is not reading the data?

Thanks,

Rick

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Re: MultiChron for MonoChron!

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I am having the same issues with the GPS data comming through on the multichron as garbage. Did anyone ever solve this problem? The GPS is an old Deulo 4800baud NMEA.

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